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Post by rusty on Jul 22, 2012 12:38:47 GMT -8
The fates of the S/S San Mateo, the M/V Olympic and now the tragedy of the M/V Skagit make the scrapping of the Steel Electrics appear a blessing.
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Post by chief on Jul 23, 2012 7:54:59 GMT -8
How so Rusty? The cause of the Skagit's demise does not appear to be related to a failure of the vessel's hull but in how she was being operated by the Master/Owner.
The conditions on the Steel Electrics were not of a scope that would compromise the vessel's safety. It is WSDOT mythology.
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Post by rusty on Jul 23, 2012 8:06:16 GMT -8
What I'm talking about is the fate of a WSF ferry after retirement, not why they get retired.
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Post by Barnacle on Jul 24, 2012 17:51:32 GMT -8
The fates of the S/S San Mateo, the M/V Olympic and now the tragedy of the M/V Skagit make the scrapping of the Steel Electrics appear a blessing. The Klahanie and Kehloken didn't fare too well either.
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Post by FNS on Jul 28, 2012 16:33:40 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Oct 15, 2012 7:01:12 GMT -8
Tanzania Ferry Inquiry Finds Massive Overloading
Global Travel Industry News The report now published on the maritime disaster of July 18 this year, when the MV Skagit went down in the Indian Ocean while leaving Zanzibar, concluded that there were 447 passengers on board and not 290 as mentioned at the time by officials, with cargo also way over the limit of the approved carrying capacity. The ship went down claiming 81 confirmed lives while another 212 went missing and were never recovered from the sea. There were 154 passengers who survived the sinking as a result of swift rescue action by mostly private boats rushing to the scene. This accident is one in a long line of lake and ocean disasters suffered by Tanzania, largely attributed to corrupt practices when inspecting vessels and issuing certificates of sea worthiness and by lax enforcement of loading limits for passengers and cargo. The commission of inquiry spent the last almost 3 months to fully investigate the accident by interviewing not just survivors but also maritime officials while combing through maintenance and operational records of the company owning and managing the ship.
(I corrected the misspelling of Skagit from the original article.)
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Post by zargoman on Feb 2, 2013 0:23:36 GMT -8
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Post by PeninsulaExplorer on Dec 21, 2016 20:58:16 GMT -8
Does anyone know what happened to the Kalama after being deregistered?
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Post by FNS on Dec 23, 2016 3:00:21 GMT -8
Does anyone know what happened to the Kalama after being deregistered? I would hope the KALAMA be scrapped. That might be wishful thinking. Someone out there should know about the fate of that ferry.
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